Cold wind—Hot coffee—Snowy descents

The hype about my new bike is real, so real that I’m motivated to get out for some ch-ch-ch-chilly riding. Today I followed the cycle path to Weimar for a delectable coffee from Röstbrüder. I’ve enjoyed this route once per season observing fields of sunflowers in summer, trees of burnt umber and fleeting red in autumn, and now the white crunch of glistening winter.

I decided to try a new loop home rounding this route to about 60km. This included windy road sections and a fun, snowy forest descent. A deer and I caught each other off guard in the dusk and shared a mutual jump. My battery was flying toward dead for the final 20 km, some of which was relatively remote riding (for Germany), in an area that was new to me. So I was beaming it to get back home before I lost navigation and the sun set. Thus not pictured are a family of fluffy highland coos and many mystical frozen ponds surrounded by dancing golden reeds and bobbing brown cattails.Read more